Broadband Market in Israel Heats Up - Israel is rapidly emerging as an interesting broadband battlefield. The most recent inoculation came on September 2006, with the launch of 5 Mb/s services from Bezeq (Israeli incumbent) and HOT Telecom (cable operator). It is a significant offering, 3 Mb/s up from 2 Mb/s market previously.
There’s also a fight between technologies. A claim is staked by Bezeq with DSL deployment, whereas HOT has committed itself to cable broadband & it’s currently having approximately 390,000 of estimated 1.